Twitter fact-checks Trump tweet for first time

[Update: Shortly after this post, Trump lashed out at Twitter, on Twitter.]

This is huge. Twitter today for the first time labeled a tweet by the President as misleading.

On Tuesday, the social media company highlighted two of Trump's tweets that falsely claimed mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud.

Twitter confirmed that two Trump tweets were flagged for potentially misleading information about voting processes and are labeled for context.

"Get the facts about mail-in ballots," read a message beneath each Trump tweet.

This message links to a fact-checking page created by Twitter with news articles debunking the assertion.

Trump makes unsubstantiated claim that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud, a headline at the top of that Twitter factchecking page reads.

Twitter confirms to me that today is the first time any Trump tweets have been labeled as misleading by the platform.

In these (two) cases, Twitter says, Trumps tweets were flagged for "potentially misleading information about voting processes and are labeled for context. pic.twitter.com/w0pd4qTjN7

— Brian Fung (@b_fung) May 26, 2020

Of course, this means Twitter will now face further questions about when and how it may apply this label to other Trump tweets, as the president has lobbed baseless allegations against @JoeNBC.

More here: https://t.co/fYiuxuj0ml

— Brian Fung (@b_fung) May 26, 2020

Trump's Frodo-like failson Donald Trump Jr. had something to say about it:

From CNN:

Twitter said the move was aimed at providing "context" around Trump's remarks. But Twitter's unprecedented move is likely to raise further questions about its willingness to consistently apply the label to other Trump tweets that have been deemed misleading by third parties, particularly as the president has lobbed baseless allegations against former Rep.